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Pagina 14
... ; but even he seemed perturbed in spirit as he sat in front of the parlour table , with a book in his hand and an absent look in his eyes , as if he were perfectly unconscious of the contents of 14 TWO PRETTY GIRLS . CHAPTER II. ...
... ; but even he seemed perturbed in spirit as he sat in front of the parlour table , with a book in his hand and an absent look in his eyes , as if he were perfectly unconscious of the contents of 14 TWO PRETTY GIRLS . CHAPTER II. ...
Pagina 15
... soft grey eyes , fringed with long lashes . In the distance . she was very like her eldest sister , but closer at hand the resemblance vanished . For Christine was unquestionably a beauty , as every one TWO PRETTY GIRLS . 15.
... soft grey eyes , fringed with long lashes . In the distance . she was very like her eldest sister , but closer at hand the resemblance vanished . For Christine was unquestionably a beauty , as every one TWO PRETTY GIRLS . 15.
Pagina 16
... eye - glass in eye , if they chanced to meet her , saying , " By Jove ! what a pretty girl ! " Her mother looked upon ... eyes . Her nose was straight , her mouth curved like a bow , and full of small regular teeth ; she had more chin ...
... eye - glass in eye , if they chanced to meet her , saying , " By Jove ! what a pretty girl ! " Her mother looked upon ... eyes . Her nose was straight , her mouth curved like a bow , and full of small regular teeth ; she had more chin ...
Pagina 19
... could thus demean herself ; " a speech which had greatly raised her in the eyes of one or two very young ladies of sixteen or thereabouts , who were struck by so noble a contempt for three thousand a year and a TWO PRETTY GIRLS . 19.
... could thus demean herself ; " a speech which had greatly raised her in the eyes of one or two very young ladies of sixteen or thereabouts , who were struck by so noble a contempt for three thousand a year and a TWO PRETTY GIRLS . 19.
Pagina 22
... eyes would have led you to sup- pose , was not to be coaxed into divulging what she meant to say , and sat down with ruffled brow , to write her note unassisted . Mrs. Ransome , who was in great doubt as to the forms which ought to be ...
... eyes would have led you to sup- pose , was not to be coaxed into divulging what she meant to say , and sat down with ruffled brow , to write her note unassisted . Mrs. Ransome , who was in great doubt as to the forms which ought to be ...
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Pagina 219 - GROW old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hand Who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!
Pagina 170 - As I sat at the cafe, I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf, They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking, But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking, How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho ! How pleasant it is to have money.
Pagina 197 - Red ist uns gegeben, Damit wir nicht allein Für uns nur sollen leben Und fern von Leuten sein. Wir sollen uns befragen Und sehn auf guten Rat, Das Leid einander klagen, So uns betreten hat.
Pagina 170 - Bat help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking, How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho ! How pleasant it is to have money. I sit at my table en grand seigneur, And when I have done, throw a crust to the poor ; N"ot only the pleasure...
Pagina 35 - Great feelings hath she of her own Which lesser souls may never know ; God giveth them to her alone, And sweet they are as any tone Wherewith the wind may choose to blow.
Pagina 72 - tis to take on trust What things are good, and right, and just; And whether indeed they be or be not, Try not, test not, feel not, see not : Tis walk and dance, sit down and rise By leading, opening ne'er your eyes ; Stunt sturdy limbs that Nature gave, And be drawn in a Bath chair along to the grave.
Pagina 239 - I heard him call you fairest fair, Let never maiden think, however fair, She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Pagina 131 - AN EMBER-PICTURE. HOW strange are the freaks of memory ! The lessons of life we forget, While a trifle, a trick of color, In the wonderful web is set, — Set by some mordant of fancy, And, despite the wear and tear Of time or distance or trouble, Insists on its right to be there. A chance had brought us together ; Our talk was of matters of course ; We were nothing, one to the other, But a short half-hour's resource.
Pagina 55 - Yet through both I see some sparkles of a better hope, Which elder days may happily bring forth.